Crop breeding, genetics & cytology diallel analysis of the stay-green trait its components in sorghum

Crop Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 549-555

  Van Oosterom, E J ^a   Jayachandran, R ^a   Bidinger, F R ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

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EID: 0029839074     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1996.0011183x003600030002x     Document Type: Article

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